{"id":392,"date":"2017-10-09T19:17:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T19:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=392"},"modified":"2018-01-15T02:03:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T02:03:05","slug":"fall-hike-at-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"Fall hike at the park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Went for a nice hike this morning, it was muggy but the water on the lake was like glass, and as a bonus we met a fairly curious Garter Snake who seemed to like getting his picture taken.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-387\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB1862.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?attachment_id=387\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB1862.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,658\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Michael K. Harvey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Reflections in the water of Long Lake at Liong Lake Provincial Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282679350&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;mikeharvey.ca\\rAll rights reserved, no publication or usage oif this photo with express permission of the author or one of it&#039;s a&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;MH_&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MH_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reflections in the water of Long Lake at Liong Lake Provincial Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB1862-300x197.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB1862.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-387\" src=\"http:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB1862.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB1862.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB1862-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB1862-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB1862-456x300.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflections in the water of Long Lake at Long Lake Provincial Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-388\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB_1896.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"388\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?attachment_id=388\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB_1896.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,641\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Michael K. Harvey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Sky is reflected in the still waters of Long Lake as the leaves change colour with the approching fall tempetures.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282679350&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;mikeharvey.ca\\rAll rights reserved, no publication or usage oif this photo with express permission of the author or one of it&#039;s a&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;34&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;MH_&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MH_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Sky is reflected in the still waters of Long Lake as the leaves change colour with the approching fall tempetures.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB_1896-300x192.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB_1896.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-388\" src=\"http:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB_1896.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB_1896.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB_1896-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB_1896-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_LongLakeReflectionsWEB_1896-468x300.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sky is reflected in the still waters of Long Lake as the leaves change colour with the approaching fall .<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-389\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1929.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"389\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?attachment_id=389\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1929.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,604\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Michael K. Harvey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;a&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282679350&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;mikeharvey.ca\\rAll rights reserved, no publication or usage oif this photo with express permission of the author or one of it&#039;s a&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;66&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;MH_&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MH_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;a&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1929-300x181.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1929.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-389\" src=\"http:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1929.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1929.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1929-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1929-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1929-497x300.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A garter snake makes his way along the leaves in Long Lake Park on a warm fall day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-390\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1933.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"390\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?attachment_id=390\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1933.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,659\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Michael K. Harvey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A garter snake makes his way along the leaves in Long Lake Park on a warm fall day.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282679350&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;mikeharvey.ca\\rAll rights reserved, no publication or usage oif this photo with express permission of the author or one of it&#039;s a&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;63&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;MH_&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MH_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A garter snake makes his way along the leaves in Long Lake Park on a warm fall day.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1933-300x198.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1933.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-390\" src=\"http:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1933.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1933.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1933-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1933-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnakeWEB_LLPP_1933-455x300.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A garter snake makes his way along the leaves in Long Lake Park on a warm fall day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnake_LLPPWEB_1912.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/?attachment_id=391\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnake_LLPPWEB_1912.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,633\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Michael K. Harvey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A garter snake makes his way along the leaves in Long Lake Park on a warm fall day.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282679350&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;mikeharvey.ca\\rAll rights reserved, no publication or usage oif this photo with express permission of the author or one of it&#039;s a&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;63&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;MH_&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MH_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A garter snake makes his way along the leaves in Long Lake Park on a warm fall day.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnake_LLPPWEB_1912-300x190.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnake_LLPPWEB_1912.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-391\" src=\"http:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnake_LLPPWEB_1912.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnake_LLPPWEB_1912.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnake_LLPPWEB_1912-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnake_LLPPWEB_1912-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MH_GarterSnake_LLPPWEB_1912-474x300.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A garter snake makes his way along the leaves in Long Lake Park on a warm fall day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Went for a nice hike this morning, it was muggy but the water on the lake was like glass, and as a bonus we met a fairly curious Garter Snake who seemed to like getting his picture taken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20,2],"tags":[26],"class_list":{"0":"post-392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-gallery","6":"category-nature-note","7":"category-all-things-about-the-trails-at-long-lake-provincial-park","8":"tag-garter-snake-wildlife-hiking-fall-colours-park","9":"post_format-post-format-gallery","10":"entry","11":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hACB-6k","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longlakepark.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}